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Outputting VFP Reports to ASCII file
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24/08/1999 23:18:44
Chris Crachiolo
Blackmoor Associates Incorporated
New York City, New York, United States
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00257308
Message ID:
00257391
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13
Assuming the ASCII file is coming out correctly, the word wrapping is a function of the editor, not of the ASCII file. Try Windows Notepad -- it doesn't wrap unless you tell it to.


>We have a complicated bill printing report form that works well to printer. Recently a client asked us to output the same reports to an ASCII file for interfacing to another vendor.
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>Problem is no matter how we print to file, the output will not fit in a standard 8 1/2 x 11 output and insists on word wrapping in all editors. Any ideas how to print to a file and retain formatting.
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>Yes - we are using proportional fonts.
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>Thanks.
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